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It’s important to realize that’s true also when you’ve paid for the software and got it directly from the source: Sony has a root kit included, Zoom had a web
by beagle3 6y ago
It’s important to realize that’s true also when you’ve paid for the software and got it directly from the source:
Sony has a root kit included, Zoom had a web server that could be exploited (at least) to then on your camera.
That’s just off the top of my head.
- amelius 6y agoIt's also true most of the time when using open source software.
- beagle3 6y ago“Most” Depends if you weight by installs, sources, or packages. I don’t remember malware on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora or Arch’s repository (put there by maintainers like the examples I gave above, or by a hack). And definitely not Gentoo. But you are right. The bottom line is, you shouldn’t trust that which you cannot verify; but with open source, you have much more ability to verify (but it’s not a panacea - you run to many lines of code to verify yourself, it’s not clear anyone trustworthy verified it all, and there also the “reflections on trusting trust” argument)